Drought in Eastern Lincoln County, New Mexico

Beneficial snowfall from several winter storms allowed severe drought conditions to be removed across northeast parts of the zone. However, most of the zone remains under severe drought conditions with extreme drought conditions across the southern part of the zone.

A few winter storms moved across the state during December providing beneficial rain and mountain snow to the state. However, this only resulted in the removal of extreme drought conditions across parts of north central New Mexico and removal of severe drought conditions across parts of central New Mexico.